"India's Ultimate Match-Winner": Ex-Cricketers Shower Praise On Rishabh Pant After Bangladesh Ton

22.09.2024 - 05:21 sports.ndtv.com

Former cricketers Irfan Pathan and Michael Vaughan lavished praise on Rishabh Pant for his splendid outing in the second inning of the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chennai.

After being involved in a life-threatening accident in December 2022, Pant's return to Test format for India has begun on a fairytale note.

After Pant's promising knock ended on 39 in the first inning, he dug deep and raised his bat to celebrate a memorable century in Chennai in the opening Test against Bangladesh.

Pant forged his 109-run knock by mixing up his front-foot and backfoot play. To deal with the spinners, he mostly relied on his backfoot game, bought himself time, and picked the gaps according to his ease.

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